First, allow me to apologize for the constant grodiness this week. Maybe it's partly because I just got my first dog and my daily routine currently centers around wiping up pee, scooping up poop, watching deer ticks get yanked out ... but anyway, I am clearly overtired and digressing. In any case, I had to show you a photo of the GoGirl urination funnel that commenter jjarrell uses in public restrooms, as she mentioned yesterday.

Here's the funnel itself ...

And here's its snazzy packaging ...

Here's the real crazy part: The GoGirl actually allows you to pee standing up, like a dude. Highly disturbing, yes. Yet I can see how this would come in handy during a camping trip or emergency roadside stop, and my friend mentioned how it would be useful when traveling certain parts of Europe (ever seen those toilets in the floor that you have to just squat over?). I cannot, however, imagine toting this around with me all the time.

But wait! There's also the P-Mate, a similar product that's made of cardboard, so you can discard after using. Again, I could not make this stuff up. You can even watch a demo video on the P-Mate website (not graphic, but funny).

Thoughts on the GoGirl and the P-Mate? Anybody tried one of these things? Are you curious to see what peeing standing up would be like, or totally grossed out by this entire concept? Are these inventions clever, or just wrong? Also, I promise that next week I will attempt to go back to talking about eyeshadow and curling irons.